UPDATE, JUNE 27: Roger started this fun story
about the patterns of molecules on Titan and the entries you are
sending in to finish it are pretty cool and entertaining! We are leaving this contest
open for one month, from June 18 to July 18, and after that time we
will start sharing your entries and allowing you to vote on them. So
please keep those entries coming!

Before he died, Roger was working on science fiction story about space exploration set in part at his beloved University of Illinois. We're
having a contest to finish Roger's story. Write your own ending and send it to us. We'll gather the submissions, solicit your votes on which is the best, and announce the winner on the
site. (Illustrations by Krishna Bala Shenoi.)

Back in 1984, Roger was interviewed by Terry Gross for "Fresh Air." It's a
case of a great interviewer and a great subject. Though the interview is
not currently available in Fresh Air's online archives, they graciously
agreed to let us put up the complete interview. It's a great listen.

For all our Los Angeles readers: This Thursday you're in
for a treat. To remember Roger, the Cinefamily has partnered with
Cinespia to host an archival 35mm screening of the Ebert-penned cult
classic, "Beyond the Valley of Dolls" featuring a performance by '60s
psychedelic rockers The Strawberry Alarm Clock. Some of the "Beyond…"
cast and crew, like Meyer bombshell Erica Gavin and groovy music
supervisor Stu Philips, will be there. I'll be there too. And it all happens this Thursday, June 27th at 7:30pm at the the Saban Theatre, a newly restored 1930 Art Deco movie palace, at 8440 Wilshire Blvd in Beverly Hills, CA.

A remembrance by Roger Ebert's book editor Donna Martin: "I had never even seen "Siskel & Ebert" on television when I knew I wanted to publish Roger's first book. John McMeel, president of Universal Press Syndicate/Andrews McMeel Publishing in Kansas City, had met Roger Ebert in the Chicago Sun-Times newsroom back when John was selling syndicated features to newspapers."

Roger Ebert didn't just write about film. He wrote about the world around him with avid curiosity, from walking tours in London to Twitter, from Steak 'n Shake restaurants to Downton Abbey. Here are some of our favorites.

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